Holland Cutie

Just a few shots of our cutie on a walk in early February.

Look what she can do

Holland can hold her cup by herself! She loves drinking water not into juice at all.

Lala

Our precious Lala, as we call her around here, can now say Mama & Papa! It is sooo cute :) She is not too into crawling (which is quite nice, not complaining) but she does roll everywhere she wants to go. She sort of scoots around and mostly goes backwards. I know crawling is somewhere soon on the horizon. Yesterday I put her in the Bumbo chair to try to contain her while I got some stuff done and Lennon came running in saying Mom, sisters out of her chair. Sure enough she had maneuvered her way out and was clear across the room! I had a semi freak out for a second wondering where she was until I spotted her. Anyway, we think she's pretty damn cute and we're keeping her!

Love my girls!

I am so glad I have two girls! So lucky! They are sisters and the bes of friends. Here are a couple of pictures I have snapped lately. I took these for our Christmas cards. Which by the way if you haven't gotten yours it's because I keep forgetting to buy stamps! I promise to mail them off tomorrow. And they are the first Xmas cards I have done since being married for 7 years. I figured it was about time :)





Holland James 7.5 months. As bright eyed as ever! She is sooo cute :)



My big girl! Almost 3 years old. She is so smart and such a great big sister. Holland loves playing with her.

Wonder Pets, Wonder Pets

This year our kiddies were the Wonderpets, one of Lennon's favorite cartoons. Lennon was Tuck the turtle and Holland was Ming Ming the duck. The costumes turned out so cute - especially for deciding to have them be that at the last minute. And espec cause I do not sew...and I made the capes myself! They are not that great, but I am proud of my first solo sewing project. I had already bought the duck costume for Lala months prior. It just so happened Francie had a turtle costume in her stash too, so we brainstormed the Wonderpets! Here's the snapshots from the big night.





It ended up raining all night Halloween, but that didn't stop miss Lennon from going trickortreating! We tagged along for a bit until we were too wet. Then papa stayed out with Len for the rest of the time. They came home only cause Len had an accident! I don't blame her though. Getting candy is VERY important, and it;s easy to forget to go potty! (Plus they were out in the neighborhood nowhere near our house)



These are from the annual Smith family party. Notice how tight my face is from the mask.

stripes

They look like twins!

Look how big I am!

summer time fun

We have been having a blast so far this summer. Mama went back to work, so every day off we all try to do something fun! Lennon really loves the pools. Holland has still not gotten in, but I'm sure she will soon. Gramaluv got her the cutest swim suit ever so we will have to try it on!



Happy 4th of July!





why is it so fun to put babies in mini adult things? These are Lennon's new sunglasses.



The jelly shoes are killing me too.

Newborn comparing:

Here are the girls newborn pictures for comparison. They do look sooo similar!

Holland moments after birth:

Lennon in the same position:


Holland:

Lennon:

Mama and Holland:

Mama and Lennon:

Jammies

Here are the girls messing around in their pjs. These pictures made me realize how similar they look. Same eyes, nose & lips!

Holland at 3 and 4 weeks

Holland is such a chunk- she weighs ten pounds now! She is so cute! Her personality is a lot fussier than Lennon was and she LOVES being held. Doesn't really do the swing or the seat, until she's asleep and then you can put her down. We love having her in our family including Lennon! Lennon is totally warming up to her now (thank goodness). Mike asked her today if she loves her baby sister Holland and she said YES! He also asked her if we should give her away or keep her and she said to keep her - yay! I caught her giving her the binky yesterday. She was very patient and held it to her mouth until she had it good.
Yay for sisters!



Almost 4 weeks look at those cheeks :)
3.5 weeks at Liberty Park. I love this picture of her!

3 weeks eyes open. Still blond as ever!

The past 2 weeks

Two weeks old today





SISTERS :)




Lennon's first painting. Taking after her papa


I love this picture. Look at how blond her hair is! It is almost platinum!


Getting some sun while she was still pretty jaundiced


Having two kids has been a challenge! I am sure it will get better with time. Right now we are all trying to adjust. Lennon is having a hard time with her new sister. She won't really get close to her or touch her yet! She says to me every day "put the baby down, hold me." OUCH! It makes me feel so bad.

Yesterday at Hollands 2 week Dr. appointment the Dr. took off her cord so now she can take a bath. I gave the girls a bath together today and Lennon was helping to wash her and pour water on her to rinse her off! Hopefully that is a good sign that we're making progress on the adjustment.

2 week stats:
8.9 pounds (she's already gained 1.5 pounds!) 58%ile
21.5 inches 83%ile
head 14.4 inches 63%ile